page_title: Authon-Ébéon
section_title: Civil heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Authon-Ébéon / Culture and heritage / Civil heritage
caption_attribution_description: Fanal d'ébéon
context_page_description: Authon-Ébéon is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Authonais or Authonaises.
context_section_description: The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
  The Pyramid (Gallo-Roman) The "beacon" of Ebéon is called the "Pyramid" and is a Gallo-Roman remains at a place called "Bois-Charmand". This beacon or tomb still forms a masonry block 16 metres high and 6 metres in diameter. According to a local legend it was the work of fairies: three "ladies" who built it overnight. They used an enchanted hammer that they bounced back and forth to each other through the air. It hit the youngest in the forehead and she was killed. There is also another well-preserved tower or stack near Saujon: the Tour de Pirelongue.
  The Chateau of Authon. The chateau is moated with the moat fed by the Dandelot. It is a construction from the 16th century which was largely redesigned in the following centuries. The guard tower and the front door of the castle date back to 1580 and the angled wing with mullioned windows dates to 1606.
  The Chateau Park. The park is surrounded by water and is registered as an outstanding gardens. There is also a medieval garden.
  Other sites of interest are
  Traces of the Roman road from Saintes-Aulnay-Poitiers.
  Remains of Merovingian cemeteries.
  Vestiges of a feudal Motte-and-bailey castle.
  The Mill located downstream of Guignebourg.
caption: The Pyramid or Ébéon beacon
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